Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-21
THE NEW HEART.
Elder Campbell's Discourse AT
the Christian Church.


the Christian Church.
Elder T. F. Campbell, of the Christian
Church, on Temple street, took for his
text last night the following; Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel
which preached unto you, which also
We have received, and wherein We stand;
by which also We are saved, if ye keep
in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain. For l
delivered unto you first of all, that
which l also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scrip
lures; and that he was buried, and
that he rose again the third
day according to the scripture;
and that he was seen of Cephas, then of
the twelve; after that, he was seen OF
above five hundred brethren at once, of
whom the greater part remain unto the
present, but some are fallen asleep"
He called attention particularly to that
part relating to the phrase according to
the scriptures" He who would per-
fectly understand anything must know
something of everything, for there, is
not speck of nature that does not have
some relation to that which we try to
understand. Since our minds are finite
it is not possible that we can grasp all
the points pertaining to the thing we
contemplate. We see things in parts
and not the whole system and sometimes
our minds become so fixed on that
one part that we conclude that
it in itself is the system, and that every
thing revolves around it. Every man
wants to find something new; either to
invent something, to discover comet,
or to extract some new meaning from the
words of the Bible. When he does find
something new, he is anxious to bring it
before the world, and if itbe new theory
from the Bible, he at once decides that
unless every ybody else thinks as he does.
or believes as he does, they cannot enter
the Kingdom of Heaven. Such man
has lost sight of the system in the con.
temptation of the part. God has given
us a system in tho New Testament,
and yet we cannot comprehend it,
Take love, for ins lance. Some say
they love their relatives, and love
goes no further. Some may love
those on the same side as them
selves in politics, but how different is
the love which Christ had, which was
as far above such other love for cast or
| family as the earth is larger than the
smallest part of this city. He loved
everybody, and went to his grave
through the love of humanity. Oh.
that our love could rise up to concep.
ton of the heavenly love. Men still
think there is some one place more
sacred than another; that some ideas
are more sacred than others. Thus
churches are built upon the importance
attached to faith, some to baptism. ETC.
Oh, that we would understand that man
is not to be saved by one thing alone, by
faith or belief alone. 1t requires more
than that. 1t requires combination of
every point, of every virtue. God has
employed every means to save us from
ruin. He has not left untried single
means, and in order that we may be
saved he has brought to bear everything,
that we may know what is in store tor
US. 1t is important for US TO understand
the subject of conversion. To-day many
are inquiring, "What shall we do to be
saved? God has given us system
which is perfect, if we only abide by it.
We cannot be saved by she intervention
of angels nor upon the power of the
Word alone, but upon all these in con-
junction. 1t is conceded on all sides
that nothing will avail without new
heart is obtained. The scripture says,
l"YOu must be born again il you
wish to enter the kingdom of
heaven" We cannot get there
unless we are properly prepared
We must purify our hearts, but how
shall we purify our hearts? The answer
is, by obeying the truth and the com.
mandments of God. There is no diff.
Guilty in understanding those command.
ments, and when we understand them
we must obey them. We must believe
upon the Son, Jesus Christ. We must
have Faith. We must believe. and we
must quit SHINING. but above all we must
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